Spork Marketing

It’s not too snazzy, but we’ve got a Facebook business page now.

Spork Marketing on Facebook

Facebook is the fastest growing social network on the internet and it is widely expected to eclipse Myspace in the near future.

Demographically speaking, Facebook’s audience is older and on average more educated than the Myspace audience, so it’s a very good fit for business. It’s also FREE to list your company.

I tell everyone I know to join Facebook - it’s very easy to get started and it’s a great networking tool. It’s also one more way to build awareness about your product or business. While Facebook’s collection of business pages is somewhat limited right now, it’s likely we’ll see some fairly advanced search and location features integrated into Facebook in the next 18 months, including a way to locate businesses in your area that your network of friends have found useful.

Some ‘futurists’ are even going so far as to predict that social networks (like Facebook) will one day replace traditional search engines (aka Google.) People will use their network of friends to find products and services, research, etc. People often ask friends and relatives for advice about what to buy, where to get a specific service, etc. If Facebook develops a good database of users and businesses, they have most of what they need to come up with a good system for word-of-mouth advertising.

In other words, you might want to get your business listed. It’s likely that Facebook users will be able to use Facebook to search for and find local businesses (as well as review what friends have to say about these businesses) in the near future.

If you need help with setting up your company’s Facebook page (or if you have more questions about the benefits and reasons to participate), please contact us.